Patents by Inventor Omolayo O. Famodu
Omolayo O. Famodu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7968766Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a UDP-galactose 4-epimerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Gary M. Fader, Omolayo O. Famodu
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Publication number: 20110030090Abstract: The invention provides isolated peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Saverio Carl Falco, Omolayo O. Famodu, Blake C. Meyers, Guo-Hua Miao, Joan T. Odell, J. Antoni Rafalski, Catherine J. Thorpe, Hajime Sakai, Zude Weng
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Publication number: 20100242136Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a UDP-galactose 4-epimerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase in a transformed host cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Thomas J. Carlson, Gary M. Fader, Omolayo O. Famodu, Anthony J. Kinney, Richard W. Pearlstein, J. Antoni Rafalski, Catherine J. Thorpe
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Patent number: 7741535Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a UDP-galactose 4-epimerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Gary M. Fader, Omolayo O. Famodu
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Publication number: 20090235391Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments useful in altering the oil phenotype in plants are disclosed. Chimeric constructs incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles. Methods for altering the oil phenotype in plants using such nucleic acid fragments also are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, William B. Allen, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Sabine Epelbaum, Omolayo O. Famodu, Leslie T. Harvell, Todd J. Jones, Anthony J. Kinney, Theodore M. Klein, Changjiang Li, Igor Cunha Oliveira, Hajime Sakai, Bo Shen, Mitchell C. Tarczynski
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Patent number: 7534935Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an acyltransferase, more specifically a phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Karlene H. Butler, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Omolayo O. Famodu, Sarah E. Hall, Edgar B. Cahoon
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Patent number: 7498483Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an acyltransferase, more specifically a phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Karlene H. Butler, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Omolayo O. Famodu, Sarah E. Hall, Edgar B. Cahoon
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Patent number: 7485776Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a disease resistance factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the disease resistance factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the disease resistance factor in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Omolayo O. Famodu, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Yiwen Fang
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Publication number: 20080161191Abstract: The invention provides isolated peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Saverio Carl Falco, Omolayo O. Famodu, Blake C. Meyers, Guo-Hua Miao, Joan T. Odell, J. Antoni Rafalski, Catherine J. Thorpe, Hajime Sakai, Zude Weng
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Publication number: 20080134366Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an acyltransferase, more specifically a phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Karlene H. Butler, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Omolayo O. Famodu, Sarah E. Hall, Edgar B. Cahoon
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Publication number: 20080134365Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a UDP-galactose 4-epimerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase in a transformed host cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Thomas J. Carlson, Gary M. Fader, Omolayo O. Famodu, Anthony J. Kinney, Richard W. Pearlstein, J. Antoni Rafalski, Catherine J. Thorpe
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Patent number: 7326828Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an acyltransferase, more specifically a phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Karlene H Butler, Rebecca E Cahoon, Omolayo O Famodu, Sarah E Hall, Edgar B Cahoon
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Patent number: 7312375Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a reproduction protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the reproduction protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the reproduction protein in a transformed host cell. The invention also provides isolated transcriptional regulatory elements and polynucleotides associated therewith.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Karlene H. Butler, Olga Danilevskaya, Guo-Hua Miao, Michele Morgante, Hajime Sakai, Carl R. Simmons, Zude Weng, Omolayo O. Famodu, Sabine Hantke
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Patent number: 7294759Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments useful in altering the oil phenotype in plants are disclosed. Recombinant DNA construct incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles. Methods for altering the oil phenotype in plants using such nucleic acid fragments also are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: William B. Allen, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Omolayo O. Famodu, Leslie T. Harvell, Timothy G. Helentjaris, Changjiang Li, Keith S. Lowe, Igor Cunha Oliveira, Bo Shen, Mitchell C. Tarczynski
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Patent number: 7250558Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a disease resistance factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the disease resistance factor, in sense or anti-sense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the disease resistance factor in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Omolayo O. Famodu, Jian-Ming Lee
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Patent number: 7238781Abstract: This invention relates to plant defensin polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding them, and methods of use thereof. The invention also relates to a chimeric protein containing all or a portion of the plant defensin.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: E. I. DuPont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Omolayo O. Famodu, Rafael Herrmann, Albert L. Lu, Billy Fred McCutchen, Guo-Hua Miao, James K. Presnail, Zude Weng
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Patent number: 7217863Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a mevalonate synthesis enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the mevalonate synthesis enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the mevalonate synthesis enzyme in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Omolayo O. Famodu, William D. Hitz
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Patent number: 7157621Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments useful in altering the oil phenotype in plants are disclosed. Chimeric construct incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles. Methods for altering the oil phenotype in plants using such nucleic acid fragments also are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, William B. Allen, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Sabine Epelbaum, Omolayo O. Famodu, Leslie T. Harvell, Todd J. Jones, Anthony J. Kinney, Theodore M. Klein, Changjiang Li, Igor Cunha Oliveira, Hajime Sakai, Bo Shen, Mitchell C. Tarczynski
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Patent number: 7135622Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a mevalonate synthesis enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the mevalonate synthesis enzyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the mevalonate synthesis enzyme in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Saverio Carl Falco, Omolayo O. Famodu, Maria Restrepo-Hartwig
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Patent number: 7122723Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a recombination protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the recombination protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the recombination protein in a transformed host cell.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Omolayo O. Famodu, Michele Morgante